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You've seen the BBC 2 series, now read the novel based on the TV
show. Don't miss VERSAILLES the most sexy and shocking drama ever
written about the king who built the world's most famous palace.
Packed with sex, scandal and intrigue, VERSAILLES will keep you up
all night. 1667. The civil wars are over and King Louis XIV is on
the French throne. To keep the nobles from their plots to overthrow
his crown, the King gathers the court at Versailles. He plans to
keep them there under his scrutiny by building the greatest palace
the world has ever seen. The Palace of Versailles will be an
opulent prison where Louis' power is absolute. The nobles have no
choice but to play Louis' game of manipulation and treachery. As
tensions rise the court becomes a battlefield of tactical liaisons
and salacious passions. Versailles is not the paradise it appears
to be; instead, it is a labyrinth of treason and secrets, of
political schemes and deadly conspiracies. It is a place of passion
and death, love and vengeance. The King will take what is
rightfully his.
You've seen the BBC 2 series, now read the novel based on the TV
show. Don't miss VERSAILLES the most sexy and shocking drama ever
written about the king who built the world's most famous palace.
Packed with sex, scandal and intrigue, VERSAILLES will keep you up
all night. 1667. The civil wars are over and King Louis XIV is on
the French throne. To keep the nobles from their plots to overthrow
his crown, the King gathers the court at Versailles. He plans to
keep them there under his scrutiny by building the greatest palace
the world has ever seen. The Palace of Versailles will be an
opulent prison where Louis' power is absolute. The nobles have no
choice but to play Louis' game of manipulation and treachery. As
tensions rise the court becomes a battlefield of tactical liaisons
and salacious passions. Versailles is not the paradise it appears
to be; instead, it is a labyrinth of treason and secrets, of
political schemes and deadly conspiracies. It is a place of passion
and death, love and vengeance. The King will take what is
rightfully his.
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Desper Hollow
Cortney Skinner; Elizabeth Massie
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R380
Discovery Miles 3 800
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Eulogies III (Paperback)
Elizabeth Massie, John Everson, Chet Williamson
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R386
Discovery Miles 3 860
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LONG LIVE THE KING.
Anne Boleyn is dead and a Catholic rebellion is rising in the
north. The king's army makes a bloody example of the traitors, and
Henry VIII will not be satisfied until the defiant leaders pay with
their heads. The virtuous and beautiful new queen of England, Jane
Seymour, has convinced him to reconcile with his daughters, little
Elizabeth and pious Mary, who the insurgents hope will one day
restore the Church to power. Mary must wait her turn, however, when
Jane blesses Henry with the one thing his other wives could not --
a son -- only she doesn't survive his birth. Devastated, the king
locks himself in seclusion. A new leader is waiting for Henry's
power to weaken, a jousting wound threatens his life, and
disloyalty is brewing within the court. Fearful of England's waning
alliances, the king's advisers convince him to marry homely Anne of
Cleves, a political union in which he finds little comfort...until
he meets a young, coquettish new mistress named Katherine.
In the seductive and gripping third season of "The Tudors, " the
king finally gets everything he ever wanted. But unrest is brewing,
and he will stop at nothing -- and spare no one -- to hold on to
the throne.
Dissent rises in the kingdom of King Henry VIII of England. The
king's ongoing dispute with the papacy over a desire for annulment
is about to incite the Reformation, and his next step is to appoint
a new archbishop in order to obtain his long-awaited marriage to
Anne Boleyn. All crests that once bore the initials "H & K" are
promptly replaced with an intertwining "H & A," the first of
many significant changes to come. The birth of the new royal
couple's first child, Princess Elizabeth, is followed by the death
of Katherine of Aragon. New legislation decrees that any who dare
commit an act against the king - or the kingdom's newfound beliefs
- will face extreme consequences. With her husband growing
increasingly impatient, it becomes apparent that the only crime
Anne could commit against her king would be to deny him a male
heir. As pressures rise in the kingdom, those who once found
themselves in the king's good graces foresee a somber end to their
reign. This rich novelization of season two of The Tudors follows
the complicated relationship between Henry and Anne through to its
historically significant and dramatic conclusion.
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